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found themselves in the AA-pro final. Despite not being in the hunt for the ABA championship-chase, both would play a vital part in making all three mains exciting. Main number one saw Denzel display his incredible power with the holeshot and horsepower - hotly pursued by the Gold medalist himself. Willoughby, in his first eevr race for Redline, was holding off the other two title-chasers in the third spot. Out of the final turn, Maris pulled up alongside Denzel and inches before the line, they both stretched to the line - with the Latvian SuperHero stealing the win away from Stein by sheer millemeters. Still; with Denzel 2nd and Sam 3rd - the Redline camp was definitely thrilled. But there were still two mains left before they could do any celebrating.

In the AA main round two, it was Willoughby this time following two of the title-chasers, in the third position and holding off a hard-charging Denzel and Strombergs. This time, Sam's 3rd and Denzel in 4th would tie them up for 2nd place overall, with 6 points apiece. Ironically, the nearly reverse finishes for title-chasers -- Stumpy, Kyle and Maris, made the points pretty dang close going in to the third main. The ABA Pro title still hadn't been decided yet, and our two Redline pros were still playing a factor in the outcome.

LadiesPro: ALISE POST too, was looking strong in the first two mains. In the first round, she snapped hard from lane 1 and never looked back. Chalk up an easy win for The Beast. In the next round, Alise again ran a great lap, and wound up 2nd behind Australia's Caroline Buchanon. With a win and a 2nd, for both Alise and Caroline, they'd go in to the third main tied up with 3 points. Again ... all was well in the Redline camp.

A-pro: As one of many new single-A pros, Redline's 2010 Rookie TORY NYHAUG was also tied for the win going in to the third main. Tory had been looking strong all weekend, but he had Dennison Smith to deal with - who had the same 6 point score going in to the final main.

As we said - things were definitely lookin' good for all four Redline Pros ... until the third mains. Unconfirmed are the reports that someone was seen in a rvial factory trailer, sticking pins in a Redline voodoo doll. Or maybe it was a BMX dad giving them the *famous "hoo-dee-hoo." Whatever the story is - suddenly, things were about to go from sweet to sour.

AA-pro Third Main: While title-contenders Bennett and Stumpy shot straight to the front, Denzel weaved his way in to the third spot but left the door wide open in turn two. In came the Latvian BMX machine, in a picture perfect swoop, to take away Stein's line, riding him to the top of the bern on in to no-man's land. As Denzel visited the softside of turn two, Redline's wiley one zoomed in to give the Olympic gold medalist a race for the 3 spot. Willoughby gave it his all, but couldn't catch Maris this time. Now Sam and Strombergs were tied with 11 points for their efforts and the 3rd rung of the podium would go to the better finish in the final main (Maris). Sam wound up with 4th overall and Denzel held on tightly for 5th place.

Ladies Pro Third Main: Even before the gate dropped, Alise had the odds stacked against her. Starting in lane 8, with Double-D in lane 7. The girls Post would have to beat - Buchanan, was lined in lane 3 with a clear shot to the first turn. Alise really had her work cut out for her. Receiving a stiff elbow straight out of the gate, our Redline lady was shoved to the back of the pack and tried her hardest to weave thru the traffic, to no avail. With 11 points for the day, Alise still had a low enough score to finish 3rd overall. Still on the podium - just not the exact finish she had hoped for.

A-pro Third Main: Following with the rest of the team, new pro Tory Nyhaug got a poor start in round 3, and was left with no room to get thru the congested A-pro traffic jam. Being stuck in mid-pack, he too, would wind up taking third place overall for the day. The dreams of his first Pro victory will have to wait until Reno in January. Still on the podium - just not the exact finish he'd hoped for.

Despite no wins, Redline Pros sure did know how to get out front and cause a stir in the No.1 Pro title chases. And we already can't wait for next year.

We would like to congratulate a good friend of Redline - Mr. Randy Stumpfhauser, on his incredible, long journey to becoming ABA's newest No.1 Pro. Stumpy has done what no other Pro in his 30's has ever done - proving to all in the BMX industry that double-A racing careers aren't over at 30, and giving hope to many BMX racers out there to keep chasing the dream and to never give up. Way to go, Stumpy.

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